How to remove ID3 audio tag image (or metadata) from mp3 with ffmpeg

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Strip metadata tags and remove album cover image

ffmpeg -i input.mp3 -map 0:a -c:a copy -map_metadata -1 output.mp3
  • -map 0:a Includes only audio (omits all images). See FFmpeg Wiki: Map for more details.
  • -c:a copy Enables stream copy mode so re-encoding is avoided.
  • -map_metadata -1 Omits all metadata.

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